Many thanks to Rob Walton for this poem alluding to changes he’d like to see happen. The temptation to illustrate it with a screen-grab of Jacob Rees-Mogg was almost irresistible!

Rob Walton is from Scunthorpe, and lives on Tyneside with his family. Poetry for adults and children published/forthcoming in The Emma Press, The Interpreter’s House, Sidekick Books, Butcher’s Dog, Frances Lincoln, Bennison Books, IRON Press, Firewords Quarterly, Northern Voices and others. He also writes prose, and collated the New Hartley Memorial Pathway text. Rob sometimes tweets @anicelad and oddities can be found at www.linesofdesire.co.uk